Organic Purple Corn Flour

Purple corn flour (aka maiz morado flour, farine de mais violet) is used as a colorant, thickener and flour in Peru. It is naturally gluten free and is nutritionally similar to conventional (yellow) corn flour with the addition of its purple pigment – anthocyanin – a powerful antioxidant & anti-inflammatory.

Purple corn actually contains more anthocyanin than blueberries.

This corn flour is kosher and certified USDA Organic by Control Union Certifications.

Purple corn flour can be used as a flour or natural colorant in beverage, dessert & baked good recipes. In Peru it’s often used in chica morada, purple corn pudding (mazamorra morada) and chichi sherbet.

Purple corn flour can be used as a substitute for cornmeal or regular corn flour in recipes.

When adapting wheat flour recipes to use purple corn flour, substitute purple corn flour for up to 1/3rd of the wheat flour called for.